PHILIP ANSELMO Interviewed On New Orleans' ROCK 92.3 (Audio)

[dilatedmind]

On August 20, former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo was interviewed on the Rock 92.3 radio station in New Orleans, Lousiana. You can now listen to the chat at this location.Multi-camera video footage of Philip Anselmo's August 22 performance at Tipitina's in New Orleans can be seen below.2014 will mark the 20th anniversary of PANTERA's seventh album, "Far Beyond Driven", and the band is planning to re-release a special edition for fans. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Anselmo chatted about the album with Artisan News saying, "Considering its contents, it is the heaviest record to come in at No. 1, and yes, there is a fucking goddamn re-release coming up. I don't know anything, really, about it other than, yes, it's gonna re-released with live footage from said show, but I can't name the show yet, because I think it's a fight between two different shows. And you never know. I'm trying to think of specialties or whatnot that will be included as well."Anselmo went on to discuss the band's success saying, "The chemistry within PANTERA...In the early days, they were very guarded about what I said here and there. And then, finally, by 'Vulgar Display Of Power', it was, like, 'Just let me handle the lyrics.' And then by 'Far Beyond Driven', I was saying anything I fucking wanted to fucking really fucking sing about, man."Anselmo's first-ever solo album, "Walk Through Exits Only", sold around 8,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.Produced by Anselmo and Michael Thompson, and recorded over the past couple of years at Philip's New Orleans studio, Nodferatu's Lair, with his band THE ILLEGALS — guitarist Marzi Montazeri (ex-SUPERJOINT RITUAL) and José Manuel Gonzales — "Walk Through Exits Only" is abrasive, aggressive, anthemic and 100% Anselmo.

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[forge]

Hard to believe it's been 20 years since 'Far Beyond Driven' came out. I think I got that on tape for my birthday.

[FatherAlabaster]

I bought that on tape when it came out, too. Still one of my favorites.

[BlackFuckingMetal666]

Damn FA you old fart, buying tapes and shit. hahaha

[FatherAlabaster]

Yeah, and I got beat up by my great-grandpa for disrespecting his wax cylinder collection by bringing tapes into the home... heh... Tapes were the shit. I kinda miss 'em. Like vinyl, they had two sides. No one thinks about putting an album together like that anymore.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Mainly because you can only write one side of a CD. Means bands have to do two disc albums to get the same thing happening and generally the second disc is always weaker. Take Nostradamus by Judas Priest for example. I like that album but there can be no arguing that the first disc is infinitely stronger then the second. Of course I've pretty much grown up on CDs so I don't know much about vinyl or cassette but I imagine there would be some querky charm about them that you just don't get on CDs.

[FatherAlabaster]

There are a lot of fun things I reminisce about, though I don't miss having to rewind/fast forward, worry about your tape melting in the car, or having your tape deck eat your favorite album... But, while you only have one side on a CD (and don't they make double-sided CDs?), what I miss, and what I think the tape/vinyl format lent itself to, was a particular kind of album structure that you don't really hear anymore. Almost like two EPs instead of a full album. An intro, some heavy songs, an epic ballad or instrumental, flip it over, some more heavy songs, another ballad or instrumental, an outro. Not to say that you can't put an album together that way, but it's not really thought about anymore. And it broke the album up into 20-30 minute chunks, so you could have an easier time digesting it, and say, "oh, today I'm in the mood for side B." I'm actually hoping to structure my album in this way. Vinyl adherents will promote its superior sound quality, but I don't know anyone around here who has a nice enough sound system or vinyl in good enough condition to be able to hear a difference for the better. There is something cool about the physical object, though, and the artwork is more fun to look at.